DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 04/18 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 40.0 - - 40.5 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 162 - - 118 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3410 - - 4084 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2866 - - 3183 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4299 - - 4973 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1385 - - 1295 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 342 - - 329 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 23 - - 27 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 284 - - 282 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 13 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -7 - - -5 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1502 - - 2094 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2797 - - 2880 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 871 - - 1301 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3428 - - 3672 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 40.0 - - 40.5 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 31.1 - - 31.3 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 39.3 - - 40.2 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 29.9 - - 30.1 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 162 - - 118 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3410 - - 4084 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 95 - - 100 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - - EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 96854 20 276 29 275 96854 89568 29 240 32 266 89568 84031 21 226 39 250 84031 79451 21 254 33 245 79451 75465 35 258 25 252 75465 71908 35 250 30 248 71908 68686 30 250 28 239 68686 65721 25 249 29 247 65721 62947 32 253 43 256 62947 60224 37 254 43 245 60224 57371 41 248 53 249 57371 54423 51 241 55 238 54423 51613 58 239 49 234 51613 49075 61 237 54 244 49075 46794 63 238 65 241 46794 44723 68 241 67 235 44723 42824 77 242 70 240 42824 41068 89 236 81 240 41068 39442 92 231 91 238 39442 37927 96 228 96 234 37927 36514 103 227 100 231 36514 35168 110 229 107 232 35168 33821 114 229 118 234 33821 32437 112 225 128 233 32437 31012 110 224 127 229 31012 29522 107 225 124 227 29522 27957 105 226 121 227 27957 26316 104 225 119 227 26316 24597 104 224 118 227 24597 22798 101 224 119 231 22798 20925 98 226 113 228 20925 18979 96 231 107 228 18979 16976 93 234 75 235 16976 14967 70 237 54 241 14967 13041 51 228 47 245 13041 11289 57 220 47 250 11289 9731 59 228 47 258 9731 8348 50 252 47 262 8348 7123 44 269 39 269 7123 6048 26 279 30 279 6048 5107 23*283 30*280 5107 4276 24*284 29*281 4276 3541 24 284 29 282 3541 2883 24 284 28 282 2883 2299 23 284 27 283 2299 1813 23 284 27 283 1813 1439 23 283 26 283 1439 1181 22 284 24 283 1181 1025 20 283 21 283 1025 936 15 283 16 283 936 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography